Alicante 2016, natural red wine bottle at Primal Wine
Marco Tait, natural wine producer and winemaker at Ampeleia in the Maremma, Tuscany, Italy
Ampeleia
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Ampeleia Alicante 2016

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Tasting notes

This wine leads with strawberry, wild rose, and floral aromatics, then shifts toward earth, graphite, and garrigue — a contrast that keeps you coming back to the glass. At 13% ABV with silky tannins and lively acidity, it drinks closer to a fine Grenache from the southern Rhone than anything typical of coastal Tuscany.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Wild StrawberryVioletEarthGarrigue
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:Red Wine
Wine Style:Light Body
Grapes:Alicante Nero
Farming:Organic and Biodynamic
Vintage:2016
Alcohol:13%
Country:Italy
Region:Tuscany
Appellation:Toscana IGT
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Producer profile

Ampeleia

Ampeleia was founded in 2002 when Elisabetta Foradori, Thomas Widmann, and Giovanni Podini acquired a former agricultural estate near Roccatederighi in the Colline Metallifere, originally developed in the 1960s by Swiss couple Erica and Peter Max Suter. Winemaker Marco Tait, whose father was an agronomist at Foradori in Trentino, has been at the helm since the first harvest. The estate covers 120 hectares in total, with 35 hectares planted to vines spread across 54 identified parcels at three distinct altitude levels. The remaining land is maintained as woods, pasture, wheat fields, olive groves, and a vegetable garden.

Ampeleia began converting its highest vineyard block to biodynamic farming in 2009, extending the practice progressively to the entire estate. All farming has been certified organic since 2013, and the estate holds Demeter biodynamic certification. In 2014 the estate acquired five cows, which graze freely in the vineyards and provide manure for biodynamic Preparation 500. Planting density runs between 7,000 and 8,000 vines per hectare. Harvesting is done by hand and is staggered from late August through early October depending on altitude and variety.

Cellar work at Ampeleia is low-intervention across all wines. Fermentation is with native yeasts. Vessels are primarily cement tanks, with no filtration applied at bottling and very low sulfur additions. The Alicante Nero ages six months in cement, preserving the variety's natural freshness and floral lift. The estate bottles its wines with natural cork closures.

Wine region

Tuscany, Italy

Maremma is the broad coastal territory of southern Tuscany running parallel to the Tyrrhenian Sea from below Livorno south through Grosseto province. Within it, the Colline Metallifere is an inland chain of mineral-rich hills that have been mined since Etruscan times and now form a national park and UNESCO Global Geopark. The climate here is Mediterranean with mild winters and a long, dry growing season from May through October, with over 2,480 sunshine hours per year. Ampeleia's vineyards outside Roccatederighi sit across three altitude bands from roughly 200 meters up to 600 meters above sea level, generating significant diurnal temperature variation.

Maremma Toscana was promoted to DOC status in 2011 after 16 years as an IGT designation. The zone covers the entire province of Grosseto, with 8,770 hectares under vine across a range of soil types including clay, sand, limestone, and volcanic tufo. The appellation permits a wide range of varieties, which has allowed producers to plant Mediterranean grapes like Alicante Nero, Carignan, and Mourvedre alongside the more internationally familiar Cabernet Franc and Sangiovese. Morellino di Scansano DOCG, the region's only DOCG, requires at least 85% Sangiovese.

Frequently asked question

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

See here our shipping policy.

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If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

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Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

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If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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